Bill Text: CA ACR4 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Joel Mendenhall Memorial Highway.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-07-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 113, Statutes of 2015. [ACR4 Detail]
Download: California-2015-ACR4-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: ACR 4 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 113
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 21, 2015
ADOPTED IN SENATE JULY 2, 2015
ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 6, 2015
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 12, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 6, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Waldron
DECEMBER 9, 2014
Relative to the Joel Mendenhall Memorial Highway.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 4, Waldron. Joel Mendenhall Memorial Highway.
This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 76 in the County of San Diego as the Joel Mendenhall Memorial
Highway. The measure would also request the Department of
Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing
this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering the cost, to erect those signs.
WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall was a real cowboy and cattle rancher, who
embraced the values of the Old West, but also understood the demands
and markets of today's world; and
WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall was part owner of Homegrown Cattle
Company, Homegrown Meats, My Country Club Hunting Ranch, and La Jolla
Butcher Shop in La Jolla; and
WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall was a man who was quiet, but friendly,
dependable, resourceful, devoted to his family, and always ready to
help someone who needed it; and
WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall's family history dates back to the first
homesteaders of the Palomar Mountain area in the mid-1800s; and
WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall's work ethic was based on doing what was
needed to get the job done, never punching a clock, often working
well into the night in all kinds of weather, and demonstrating
self-sufficiency and a willingness to be there for others who needed
help; and
WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall always knew where the bass were biting,
the eagles were nesting, the turkeys were roosting, the big bucks
were in rut, or where a mountain lion might be prowling; and
WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall was comfortable on a good horse, skilled
at roping and wielding a branding iron, and enjoyed competition
between himself and his dad for big buck bragging rights; and
WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall was always the first to help a young lady
bag her first deer, an old hunter drag out a downed buck, or offer
amazingly detailed instructions on where to set up for opening day of
turkey season; and
WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall died in a tragic ranching accident on
September 2, 2013, at 30 years of age; and
WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall is survived by his wife, Jenna, his three
young daughters, and his parents, Frank and Janice Mendenhall, and
will be missed by his family and many friends, outdoorsmen, ranchers,
business partners, and the community of which he was a treasured
part; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates that
portion of State Highway Route 76 from post mile 47.790, starting at
County Route S-7, East Grade Road, west to post mile 42.790 in the
County of San Diego, as the Joel Mendenhall Memorial Highway; and be
it further
Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those signs; and be it
further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.
